How Armani paid tribute to Ukraine with a silent Milan Fashion Week finale: Giorgio Armani dropped the music out of ‘respect’ as Anne Hathaway and other A-listers watched the muted show

Models strutted down the catwalk in an eerie quiet, interrupted by applause from the audience, wearing short jackets in pastel hues and shiny, sequinned black and silver dresses.

“My decision not to use any music was taken as a sign of respect towards the people involved in the unfolding tragedy in Ukraine,” read a post across a black banner on the fashion designer’s Twitter account.

“The best thing to do is send a message that we don’t want to celebrate because something very disturbing is happening around us,” the designer later said on the sidelines of the show.